Dr. Horace Campbell says that South Sudan's oil wealth must be used to improve the health, education, water supply, and well-being of the South Sudanese people. And that the country must be demilitarized. He says there is a document, the Report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan, that includes the steps that must be implemented, but that report is being suppressed.

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese Army is reported to be driving Rwanda's M23 militia from their positions in North Kivu Province, causing euphoric celebrations among the Congolese people, but the UN is also reported to be blocking their advance and reconsidering its support for several of the army's most successful units because of atrocity claims.

Part One of WBAI AfrobeatRadio's conversation with Bruce A. Dixon, Managing Editor of the Black Agenda Report, and Davey D. Cooke, Pacifica/KPFA/Hard Knock Radio host, broadcast 01.19.2013. Part Two will air on 01.26.2013.